Here’s a look at Zika virus, an illness spread through mosquito bites that can cause birth defects and other neurological defects. Facts Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ...

Biological scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have uncovered how the dengue virus uses its envelope ...

Biological scientists have uncovered how the dengue virus uses its envelope protein to capture human plasmin from a blood meal to enhance the permeability of the mosquito midgut for infection.

Compared with humans, the immune system of mosquitoes can launch only a generalized and overall less effective attack on ...

While Zika has been reported in more than 90 countries, surprisingly little is known about what exactly drives Zika ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that in 2022, around 608,000 people died from malaria, a ...

Therefore people should be aware of the risks of dengue fever. According to the WHO Dengue (break-bone fever) is a viral infection that spreads from mosquitoes to people. It is more common in tropical ...

Zika, a mosquito-borne virus first identified in 1947 in a Rhesus macaque monkey, continues to perplex scientists in many ways nearly 80 years later. While many people with a Zika virus infection ...

Recent research reveals Zika virus modifies host odors, making infected individuals more attractive to mosquitoes, impacting ...

A Brit left unable to recognise his own mum when a mosquito bite turned out to be a deadly 'brain swelling' disease now faces £50,000 in bills - ...